In Re J.w.m.

IN RE J.W.M., A MINOR (THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, PETITIONER-APPELLEE,

v.

J.W.M., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT).

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Champaign County; the Hon.
Robert J. Steigmann, Judge, presiding.

PRESIDING JUSTICE MILLS DELIVERED THE OPINION OF THE COURT:

The minor was committed as a delinquent.

His mother and father (with their addresses) were named in the petition.

The record does not reveal that notice was given to either parent of the hearings — adjudicatory and/or dispositional.

Only the mother was present at each.

The Juvenile Court Act provides that every parent, legal guardian, and custodian — or when necessary, the nearest relative — must be named as a respondent, and each is to be individually served unless that is not feasible, in which case service may be by publication. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 37, pars. 704-1, 704-3, 704-4.

The dispositional report here reflects that the minor visits his father often and receives spending money from him, and the minor says he has a good relationship with his father.

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